Indeed. SPF records have been ignored for years, but they are gaining in popularity and importance. I would not use a provider that did not allow me to publish these.
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would find use another DNS provider where you can create an SPF record. > That's about as easy as falling off a log, assuming you have easy control > over your domain name's DNS address setting. Can't believe that NS would be > so far behind the times. > > dnsmadeeasy.com is one such DNS provider. I've also used namecheap.com as > both registrar and DNS provider with good results. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:38 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Reverse DNS Advice for outbound email > > We host our own email and we are changing our primary ISP. Per their > policy they will not change the Reverse DNS of our static IP to be > anything other than mortonrb-pool5-static-4.ispxxx.com. I have control > of my DNS records and can set that as an MX but I'm kind of worried > about some spam filters having issues with such a long DNS name with the > word "pool" in it when trying to send mail. Using their mail server as > a smart host is out of the question because if they go down our ASA box > will automatically fail over to our secondary ISP and be unable to > connect to their down mail server. Do you think using this long DNS > name will cause issues trying to send outbound email. BTW my DNS is > hosted with network solutions and they don't support TXT records so I > can't create an SPF. > Thanks > Niles > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
